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Titolo originale: The Haunted Palace
Regia: Roger Corman |
Anno: 1963
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror
Tag: monster | secret passage | descendant | possession | revenge | burned alive | murder | fireplace | curse | mansion | gothic horror | attempted rape | gothic | dungeon | based on song, poem or rhyme | grave robber | new england | occult | necronomicon | mutations |
Cast: Vincent Price | Debra Paget | Lon Chaney Jr. | Frank Maxwell | Leo Gordon | Elisha Cook Jr. | John Dierkes | Milton Parsons | Cathie Merchant | Guy Wilkerson | Barboura Morris | I. Stanford Jolley | Harry Ellerbe | Darlene Lucht | Bruno VeSota | Jack Tornek | Nina Borget | Albert Cavens | Charles Fogel |

1765: nel villaggio di Arkham viene bruciato sul rogo Joseph Curwen, accusato di sacrifici umani. Un secolo dopo un suo discendente, Ward, si stabilisce nello stesso villaggio con la moglie. Gli abitanti del villaggio, consapevoli della sua identità, cercano di opporsi al potere di Curwen, tornato per vendicarsi di loro tramite il suo consanguineo.

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Completed in April 1963, this is one of only two films teaming Vincent Price and Lon Chaney Jr. The [...] D
Despite appearances, Lon Chaney Jr. was not that much older than Vincent Price. They were born only [...] D
Roger Corman decided to do an H.P. Lovecraft story as a break from his Edgar Allan Poe series while [...] D
The incorrect crediting of I. Stanford Jolley as the Boat Captain in the American Film Institute lis [...] D
The last theatrical film appearance of Debra Paget. D
When mentioning the history of his palace, Joseph Curwen mentions than one of the previous owners wa [...] D
The film includes a reference to Cthulhu, a fictional cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft. In L [...] D
In this film, Charles Dexter Ward is from Boston, not from Rhode Island as in Lovecraft's original s [...] D
Despite the great popularity of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films in the UK market, this one took [...] D
This film represents the first time that a literary work by H.P. Lovecraft was adapted for the scree [...] D
One of the film's subplots is that the spirit of Joseph Curwen misses his beloved mistress, Hester T [...] D
Although the American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1961-1970 identifies I. Stanford Jolle [...] D
The short novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft was published in serial form in th [...] D
In Spain this film never had a theatrical release. Instead it had a TV premiere in 1976, 13 years af [...] D
The setting of the film is the village of Arkham. Arkham, Massachusetts was a fictional city, create [...] D
The title derives from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe which is contained within the text of his classic s [...] D
When the villagers confront Kerwin (Vincent Price) at his door in the opening flashback, they ask th [...] D
Debra Paget and Vincent Price both were cast in the blockbuster film by Cecil B De Mille "The 10 Com [...] D
The film depicts the concept of spirit possession, the traditional belief that a ghost, a demon, or [...] D
The film includes the first film depiction of the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire (textbook of ma [...] D
The footage scene of the castle interior is similar to a scene in I maghi del terrore (1963) which w [...] D
The film claims that the Necronomicon can be used to communicate with the Elder Gods. The Elder Gods [...] D
Vincent Price and Debra Paget played husband and wife in one of the three stories in "Tales of Terro [...] D
The film includes a reference to Yog-Sothoth, a fictional cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft. [...] D

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